Civilizing Indians in the 1950’s in BC

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Mary Jack recounts how teachers and other locals spoke to  and treated First Nations individuals and how they responded.

Healing herself from the abuse of a teacher

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Her teacher told her and the class that she was stupid and ugly. Here’s how she overcame this mistreatment. For more stories by Mary Jack These have over 5k views.

Making the job easier: Finding humour as a school principal

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Laughter made his job as a school principal more enjoyable.

Resolving off-putting behaviour of a grade 1 student

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When two other conversations he had with a student about an issue were not effective, a school principal shifts to using improv and humour in resolving this social behaviour problem brought to the office.

Channeling Rocky

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35 years later, a substitute teacher channels a favourite teacher and gets stunning results

Learning at the edge of chaos

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A thoughtful letter from an appreciative parent at the end of Laura’s teaching career.

Helping a grade 3 find their groove with a pomelo

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Volunteering in a Waldorf school gave many opportunities for everyone to grown and celebrate.

Crisis Education with a Math 8 class

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Making it real A crisis education math 8 project that made sense for so many reasons. It was so good that this veteran teacher will do it again and again.

Creating a more impactful university lecture

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As in music on the radio, so it is with teaching… creating a hook helps the audience engage.

Equipping our homeschooled children

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An experienced homeschooling parent looks at the skills and capacities we want our children to have. She shows how these can be achieved while home schooling.